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 Also several John Bellairs titles: The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt, The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie, The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring, and The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder are the ones I can see at a glance. Whoops! Sorry, Mary; I can edit down to two and you can submit the others if you'd like ;) :-D Don't be silly. I can always think of something to say. You know me - I somehow overcome my shyness and reticence!! *grin* Glad to know I didn't stunt your participation! Some of these may be a stretch but here it goes; The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President by Julie M. Fenster Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusadesby John J. Robinson Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and Warby Nathaniel Philbrick The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nationby Jon Meacham Allthought not a book there is that old nursery rhyme. "Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod" Message edited by its author, Jun 11, 2009, 6:27am. >#16: Hickory, Dickory, Dock. Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock'n'Roll? Oh, hang on, that's a song ... Here are some more obscure (mostly) titles. Looks as if subtitles are an especially popular location for this treatment. Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, PlacesThe Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the ImaginationThe Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising CultureA Quaker Book of Wisdom: Life Lessons In Simplicity, Service, And Common SenseDream Lucky: When FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the radio, and everyone wore a hat... Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home RemediesOriginal Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions Talking From 9 To 5 - How Women's & Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit & What Gets Done Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilber It's a two-fer! Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging - even more fun if you know what snogging is. Cathedral, forge and waterwheel: technology and invention in the Middle AgesIslam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition: Essays by Western Muslim ScholarsThe Lemon Tree: A Jew, an Arab, and Heart of the Middle EastReason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim SoroushSex, dissidence and damnation : minority groups in the Middle AgesSpeaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and WomenWomen, Family, and Ritual in Renaissance Italy >33 That's the first one that popped into my mind too! Another one along the same lines is The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things. One from my library is Eloquent animals: A study in animal communications : how chimps lie, whales sing, and slime molds pass the message along. I keep editing to try and get the touchstones to work. They show up on the side of my box, but disappear when I post! Maybe it will work this time...
Oh, I give up!Message edited by its author, Jun 11, 2009, 4:14pm. The Sun,the Moon , and the Starsby Stephen Brust - A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage and the Quest for the Color of Desireby Amy Butler Greenfield- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Lifeby Barbara Kingsolver - Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How it Can Renew Americaby Thomas Friedman - Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanonby Claudia Roden - Art, Culture, and Cuisine: Ancient and Medieval Gastronomy by Phyllis Pray Bober- Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Presentby Michael B. Oren- Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behaviorby Jonathan Weiner Message edited by its author, Jun 11, 2009, 6:35pm. If you try to include every title with the Sex, Drugs, and... form, you're in for a long night (and not in a fun way). Message edited by its author, Jun 11, 2009, 6:40pm. Thanks for the contributions. I love these. It's amazing how many of these I really want to read. I'm not sure I can identify many trends although I agree with the comment above that science fiction seems to avoid these although SF writers writing non-fiction employ them regularly. Here's one I love: The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight by Gerald Morris There's also Matt Ruff's delightful Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy (not actually a trilogy). Miles, Mystery & Mayhem by Lois McMaster Bujold, although this is an omnibus edition containing three previous novels. Message edited by its author, Jun 15, 2009, 10:02am. Some inputs from my library: The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece by Marianne Hardart Beans, Bullets and Black Oil by Worrall Reed Carter The Crown Book of the Beautiful, the Wonderful, and the Wise. by L.N. Chapin Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII by Karen Lindsey Essays About Men, Women, and Books by Augustine Birrell Fishhooks, Apples, and Outhouses: Memories of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s by Jack C. Plano And a "double" Triple: Men, Women and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from His Uncollected Prose Writings by Leigh Hunt Message edited by its author, Jun 30, 2009, 10:42am. (back to top)
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